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ANCHOR FOR FENCE POSTS.

No. 362,501. V 'Patented May 10, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VALENTINE EINDLING, OE TIPTON, INDIANA.

ANCHOR FOR FENCE-POSTS.

` SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 362,501, dated May10, 1887.

Application filed February 8, 1887. Serial No. 225,978.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VALENTINE FINDLING, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at Tipton, in the county of Tipton and State ofIndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Anchors forFence- Posts; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others ofcompetent skill in the art to which it apper tains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersor figures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in anchorsfor fence-posts, the object of the same being to provide a means forfirmly securing the fence-p0st to the ground.

Figure l shows a fence-panel,to the posts of which my invention has beenapplied. Fig. 2 is an end viewv of the same panel. Fig. 3 shows myanchor in vertical cross-section,and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of thesame.

My loop-anchor is constructed by making a cast-iron plug, H, large atone endand small at the other, and of sufcient length to drive readilyinto the ground. The lower or small end is grooved and somewhat rounded,to receive a bent wire, and a considerable depression extends centrallyon each side to near the top,where two parallel holes pass up onopposite sides for the purpose of securing the wire to the plug H Whilebeing drawn out, if the fence is required to be moved at any time,and tohold plug H in a vertical position. A Wire, F F, of the required sizeand length is then bent double, the ends are placed on opposite sides ofthe plug H, and passed from the small (Model.)

end upward through'the parallel holes. The

,bent portion of the wire is neatly fitted and pressed into the groovein the small end of the plug, and the projecting ends of the Wire abovethe large end of plug H are bent round and form curls I I, which serveto prevent breaking from contraction by frost and relieve sudden blowswhen being driven in the ground.

In applying my loop-anchoraline is drawn Where the fence is wanted andthe length of panel measured to determine where each post Will berequired to stand, and at that place I drive plug H, by placing the endof a bar on top and with a Sledge drive plug H the necessary depth, andstamp the earth solidly on top, letting the ends of wireF F project.Then placing a brick or stone with the edge close to the wires, I set mypost on the brick and pass the ends of wire F F past the edge of thebrick and up the posta few inches, then through .the post, and drawtightly and clinch, and the post is secured in its proper position.

What I claim as my invention,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with a fencepost, of a downwardly-tapering anchor-pieceburied in the ground, and a connecting-wire passed beneath theanchor-pieceA and through perforations made on opposite sides thereof,near its upper edges, said vwire having an eye formed in each of itsbranches above the anchor-piece and having its ends firmly secured tothe body of the post.

VALENTIN E FINDLING.

l Vitnesses:

JAMES F. Anis,

WV. T. BERRYMAN.

